§ 44. Mr. RANKINasked the Secretary of State for India whether special pains are taken by his Department to ensure that civil servants in India whose passages are paid by the State travel solely by British ships?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Butler)The reply to my hon. Friend's inquiry is in the affirmative in cases where passages are directly paid by the State. As regards passages 'under the Lee Commission's scheme, I have nothing to add to the answer which my right hon. Friend gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Barnstaple (Sir B. Peto) on 23rd November, 1931, of which I am sending a copy to my hon. Friend.